A bill to reinstate the reporting provision relating to fees and expenses awarded to prevailing parties in civil actions involving the United States.
Latest action · Jan 30, 2012 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 30, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the federal judicial code to require the Attorney General to submit to Congress and make publicly available online an annual report regarding the amount of attorney's fees, expenses for expert witnesses, and other fees and expenses awarded during the preceding fiscal year to certain prevailing parties other than the United States in civil actions (other than tort cases) brought by or against the United States.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2012Introduced in Senate
- Jan 30, 2012Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
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- Jan 30, 2012Introduced in Senate
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